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Genus Schizoprymnus

Braconid Wasp - Schizoprymnus - female Braconid Wasp - Schizoprymnus - female Braconid Wasp - Schizoprymnus - female Braconid Wasp - Schizoprymnus - female Braconid Wasp - Schizoprymnus - female Schizoprymnus wing flipped - Schizoprymnus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Brachistinae
Tribe Brachistini
Genus Schizoprymnus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis of subfamilial relationships within Braconidae, Sharanowski et al. (2011)(1) removed tribe Brachistini, in which Schizoprimnus falls, from Helconinae, along with other former tribes of the former Helconinae, and placed them in a new subfamily (Brachistinae) along with Blacini (formerly Blacinae).
Works Cited
1.Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hym.:Ichneumonoidea) based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification
Sharonowsky B.J., Ashley P.G., Dowling P.G., Sharkey M.J. 2011. Systematic Entomology 36: 549-572.